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The Jesus And Mary Chain: Psychocandy

Psychocandy

On November 18, 1985, “Blanco y Negro Records” released “Psychocandy”, the debut The Jesus and Mary Chain studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at the “Southern Studios” in London, and was produced by Jim Reid, William Reid, Douglas Hart and Bobby Gillespie.

Personnel:

  • Jim Reid– vocals, guitar
  • William Reid– vocals, guitar
  • Douglas Hart– bass
  • Bobby Gillespie– drums
  • Karen Parker – backing vocals
  • Laurence Verfaillie – backing vocals
  • Greg Allen – art direction
  • Alastair Indge, Bleddyn Butcher, Chris Clown, Mike Laye, Rona McIntosh, Stuart Cassidy – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted

  1. Just Like Honey
  2. The Living End
  3. Taste the Floor
  4. The Hardest Walk
  5. Cut Dead
  6. In a Hole
  7. Taste of Cindy
  8. Never Understand
  9. Inside Me
  10. Sowing Seeds
  11. My Little Underground
  12. You Trip Me Up
  13. Something’s Wrong
  14. It’s So Hard

The Jesus And Mary Chain: Automatic

The_Jesus_And_Mary_Chain-Automatic

On October 9, 1989, “Blanco y Negro Records” label released “Automatic”, the third Jesus and Mary Chain (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at the “Sam Therapy”, in London, and was produced by Jim Reid and William Reid.

Personnel:

  • Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, cover concept
  • William Reid – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, cover concept
  • Alan Moulder – engineer, mixing
  • Lee Curle – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Harley – engineer assistant
  • Dick Meaney – mixing assistant
  • Ryan Art – design
  • Andrew Catlin – photography
  • Steve Mitchell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Reid and William Reid.

  1. Here Comes Alice
  2. Coast to Coast
  3. Blues from a Gun
  4. Between Planets
  5. UV Ray
  6. Her Way of Praying
  7. Head On
  8. Take It
  9. Halfway to Crazy
  10. Gimme Hell

The Jesus and Mary Chain: Darklands

Darklands

On August 31, 1987, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Darklands”, the second Jesus and Mary Chain (The) album It was recorded in 1987, at “Wessex Studios”, “Southern Studios” and “Livingston Studios” in London, and was produced by William Reid, Bill Price and John Loder.

Personnel:

  • Jim Reid- vocals, guitar, bass, drum machine programming
  • William Reid– vocals, guitar, bass, drum machine programming

Track listing

All compositions by Jim Reid and William Reid.

  1. Darklands
  2. Deep One Perfect Morning
  3. Happy When it Rains
  4. Down On Me
  5. Nine Million Rainy Days
  6. April Skies
  7. Fall
  8. Cherry Came Too
  9. On the Wall
  10. About You